James CoburnFilmography

Major Dundee

Actors: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson, Jr.

Synopsis: Sam Peckinpah's 1965 feature Major Dundee was recut and rescored for re-release theatrically in 2005, 40 years after its original release. The "Extended Version," as it is known officially, tells essentially the same story as the original but with clearer motivations for the characters (which Read More

James Coburn Film Collection

Synopsis: James Coburn Film Collection features over one hour of trailers for a variety of films that starred the movie star who scored his only Oscar nomination, and win, for his work in Paul Schrader's Affliction. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Man From Elysian Fields

Actors: Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams, James Coburn, Anjelica Huston

Synopsis: George Hickenlooper directs this psychological drama about an impoverished writer lost in a world of money, power, and male escorts. Though happily married with a young child, Byron Tiller (Andy Garcia) is struggling to make ends meet as a novelist. His last work, called "Hitler's Child," had an Read More

Snow Dogs

Actors: Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Coburn, Sisqo, Nichelle Nichols

Synopsis: Two Oscar-winning actors add a family-oriented comedy to their resumes with this Disney-produced arctic adventure. Snow Dogs stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Ted Brooks, a Florida-dwelling dentist with a successful chain of offices and a comfy, poolside lifestyle. All this changes, however, when he finds Read More

Arli$$: The Immortal

American Gun

Actors: James Coburn, Barbara Bain, Virginia Madsen, Alexandra Holden, Ryan Locke

Synopsis: James Coburn stars in this disappointing drama about a man who tracks the gun he believes killed his daughter. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound Vermont town, tragedy strikes when his beloved daughter (Virginia Madsen) returns home for the holidays. While out doing some last Read More

The Yellow Bird

Monsters, Inc.

Actors: John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn

Synopsis: After exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves into the realm of monsters with its fourth feature. Hulking, blue-furred behemoth James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) and his one-eyed assistant Read More

Kurosawa

Actors: Sam Shepard, Paul Scofield, James Coburn, Clint Eastwood, Shinobu Hashimoto

Synopsis: Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and most influential. His award-winning feature Rashomon was one of the first major international successes in Japanese filmmaking, convincing many western cineastes for the Read More

The Mists of Avalon

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen, Samantha Mathis, Caroline Goodall

Synopsis: This three-hour miniseries adapts Marion Zimmer Bradley's feminist recasting of the Arthurian mythos into a big-budget cable television event. In ancient England, Christianity is spreading and the Saxons are invading. It's up to Viviane (Anjelica Huston) -- Lady of the Lake and high priestess of Read More

Walter and Henry

Actors: John Larroquette, Nicholas Braun, James Coburn, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: This offbeat made-for-cable comedy/drama concerns Walter and Henry, a father-and-son team of street entertainers who roam from town to town playing music, with few worries and no permanent address. However, when Walter falls ill, its falls to Henry to track down the family they left behind years Read More

Proximity

Actors: James Coburn, Rob Lowe, Kelly Rowan

Synopsis: In this thriller, Rob Lowe is a prison inmate who hears more than he was meant to when the convict in the next cell is murdered. The inmate discovers that the murder is just one of a series of killings meant to thin out the inmate population, with the guards working in collusion with members of a Read More

Missing Pieces

Actors: Lisa Zane, James Coburn, Paul Kersey, Finn Carter, William R. Moses

Synopsis: Based on Atticus, a novel by Ron Hansen, this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation stars James Coburn as widowed Colorado rancher Atticus Cody. In the months since Atticus' wife was killed in a car accident caused by his artist son Scott (Paul Kersey), the boy has ached for his father's forgiveness. Read More

Payback

Actors: James Coburn, Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer

Synopsis: Porter (Mel Gibson) is pulled into a heist by his old friend, Val (Brian De Palma regular, Gregg Henry). As they're stealing $130,000 in laundered drug money from Chinese Triads, no one is going to call the police. Everything goes smoothly until Porter's wife, Lynn (Deborah Kara Unger), shoots Read More

Mr. Murder

Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Julie Warner, Bill Smitrovich, Thomas Haden Church, James Coburn

Synopsis: A scientific experiment gone wrong causes a man to become his own evil twin in this made-for-TV thriller. Marty Stillwater (Stephen Baldwin) would seem to have it made; he has a beautiful wife, two loving daughters, and a great career as a bestselling mystery novelist. However, it soon seems Read More

Noah's Ark

Actors: Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen, F. Murray Abraham, Carol Kane, James Coburn

Synopsis: The biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood gets a decidedly unusual retelling in this film, produced as a two-part TV movie and first aired on NBC in May 1999. Noah Jon Voight is an ordinary laborer who one day begins receiving messages from God. It seems the Lord has a special assignment for Read More

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Actors: Bonnie Somerville, Samaria Graham, Travis Fine

Synopsis: In this two-part miniseries, the formative days of rock & roll are relived through the experiences of a fictional musical quartet called the Heartaches. The group is led by the handsome Tyler (Brad Hawkins), whose heart belongs to Lyne (Bonnie Somerville), the female member of the band. Along the Read More

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger receives star treatment in this look back at his early bodybuilding days in Austria and his eventual marriage to Kennedy family member Maria Shriver. The program also reviewsSchwarzenegger's earliest attempts to break into show business and his eventual starring roles in Read More

Deep Water

Actors: Costas Mandylor, James Coburn

Synopsis: A group of special Navy officers are assigned to a cruise ship to look out for the daughter of an important man. Their mettle is put to the test once the voyage is underway when a band of terrorists take over the liner and capsize it. The situation is further exacerbated by the presence of a Read More

Affliction

Actors: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt

Synopsis: Nick Nolte and James Coburn deliver some of the finest work of their respective careers in this powerful but troubling adaptation of Russell Banks's novel. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is the sheriff in a small New England town; it's a part-time job with few taxing responsibilities, and Wade fills Read More

Winning Strategies: Blackjack

Synopsis: James Coburn hosts this episode of Winning Strategies, based on the gambling guides by Frank Scoblete. Especially good for the beginner or for the person who understands the basics of the game but not the strategy, this video takes place in a casino. Coburn himself is at the table where he Read More

National Geographic: Beauty and the Beasts - A Leopard's Story

Synopsis: Unlike the Disney movie of the same name, this documentary from National Geographic is best viewed from a distance. While the leopard in this story is certainly beautiful in grace, it is not animated and is lethal in application. Additional eye candy comes in the background setting: the Mala Mala Read More

Winning Strategies: Craps

Skeletons

Actors: Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, James Coburn, Dee Wallace, Dennis Christopher

Synopsis: In this grim and suspenseful thriller, a news journalist and his family exchange life in grimy, hectic New York for that in a peaceful Maine village. Unfortunately, the burg they chose is ruled by a harsh, ultraconservative preacher who hates all outsiders. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Second Civil War

Actors: Beau Bridges, James Coburn, Phil Hartman, Dan Hedaya, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: This made-for-cable black-comedy stars Beau Bridges as a governor in a future United States, with an unusual plan for his state. Bridges stars as Jim Farley, the Governor of Idaho, who decides that the only way to keep the new immigrants out of his state is to close down the borders. Defying the Read More

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, James Coburn, Dudley Moore, Bridget Baiss, Keely Sims

Synopsis: Entrepreneur and aspiring film producer Kevin Johnson is presumed dead when his car is pulled out of the harbor after an accident, and a British documentary film crew comes to Los Angeles to trace the story of his rise and fall in this mockumentary. While Johnson rubbed elbows with movie stars and Read More

Winning Strategies: Slots with Video Poker

Synopsis: Learn the systems practiced by the pros that you can use at any casino to maximize your chances of winning. In a three-part series, host film actor James Coburn presents the winning techniques of gaming authority Frank Scoblete. Winning Strategies: Slots With Video Poker helps viewers to identify Read More

20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Synopsis: This documentary showcases the great movie studio's celebration of its golden anniversary with a retrospective of its best screen moments. Most of the documentary is a whirlwind tour through the studio and the achievements of its creator Darryl F. Zanuck. There is a montage of classic film clips Read More

The Cherokee Kid

Actors: Sinbad, James Coburn, Gregory Hines, A. Martinez, Ernie Hudson

Synopsis: In this Western, a young sodbuster learns the ways of a gunfighter from one of the best quick-draw artists and then uses his knowledge for revenge. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right

Synopsis: Oscar-winning character actor Ben Johnson was never as well known as other stars, and yet for many industry insiders, he was the epitome of cowboy actors. Of Cherokee and Irish heritage, Johnson was born in Oklahoma and became a cowboy at age eleven. He grew up to become the only movie cowboy to Read More

The Nutty Professor

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gives one of Jerry Lewis' best-remembered vehicles a 1990s overhaul in this hit comedy. Sherman Klump (Murphy) is a college professor and respected biochemistry researcher who is kind, considerate, and a genuinely nice guy. Sherman is also appallingly overweight; coupled with the fact Read More

National Geographic: Okavango - Africa's Wild Oasis

Synopsis: While most think an oasis in the desert is at best a mirage, this is not always so, as is the case of the jewel of the great African Kalahari Desert, Okavango. This nourishing delta, the largest within the borders of the Dark Continent, is the lifeblood for thousands of weary animals making the Read More

Eraser

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli

Synopsis: Top-notch action sequences and exciting stunt work highlight this fast-moving thriller. John Kruger (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a top agent in the U.S. Marshalls' Witness Protection Program; it's his job to "erase" the pasts of Federal witnesses under his watch and deal with anyone who tries to Read More

Avenging Angel

Actors: Tom Berenger, Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Fay Masterson, Kevin Tighe

Synopsis: A western with revisionist overtones, this action/adventure is set in Utah during the time of Latter-Day-Saint prophet Brigham Young (Charlton Heston) and follows the exploits of his brave bodyguard (Tom Berenger) to save the Mormon leader from the crooks conspiring to assassinate him. ~ Sandra Read More

Keys to Tulsa

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Cameron Diaz, James Spader, Randy Graff, Joanna Going, Mary Tyler Moore, Michael Rooker, James Coburn

Synopsis: The black sheep son of a wealthy family sinks deeper into corruption the harder he tries to pull himself out in this drama. Richter Boudreau (Eric Stoltz) is a small-time film critic with a checkered past and some bad debts who decides to return to his old home town of Tulsa in hopes of getting Read More

The Set Up

Actors: Billy Zane, Mia Sara, James Russo, James Coburn

Synopsis: When Charlie Thorpe, an MIT-educated security systems expert and convicted cat-burglar, gets out of prison, he promises himself to go straight. Yet when a psycho he knew from prison kidnaps his girlfriend, he is forced back into the crime game. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

Maverick

Actors: Noah Emmerich, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, James Coburn

Synopsis: A gunslinging con man develops a tricky scheme to make a killing at a major poker tournament in this comic Western inspired by the popular television show. Mel Gibson assumes the role of Bret Maverick, the handsome rogue who hopes to cheat his way to success. In need of a large stake to enter a Read More

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes, Mary Wickes, James Coburn, Michael Jeter

Synopsis: In the sequel to the hit comedy Sister Act, Whoopie Goldberg reprises her role of Deloris Van Cartier, a Las Vegas entertainer who hid out with in a convent of nuns to avoid a nasty bunch of gangsters. In Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deloris is persuaded to return to the convent by the Mother Read More

Deadfall

Actors: Michael Biehn, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Trigger, Peter Fonda

Synopsis: This lushly photographed, contemporary film noir tries to substitute looks and unconvincing, contrived plot twists for substance, capturing the look of a film noir but lacking the depth and characterization needed to make the film work. After his father, Mike is killed, Joe Donan (Michael Biehn) Read More

Bruce Lee Martial Arts Master

Synopsis: Follow the remarkable life of martial arts icon Bruce Lee, from his birth in San Francisco to his mysterious death in Hong Kong, in an absorbing, highly informative documentary featuring interviews with those who were closest to the legendary actor and athlete. Few screen stars have experienced Read More

The Hit List

Actors: Jeff Fahey, James Coburn

Synopsis: Hit List is a thriller about a professional hit man (Jeff Fahey) who is hired by an attorney (James Coburn) with the intent of killing drug lords. However, the attorney then introduces the assassin to a sexy widow, asking him to execute the man who killed her husband. Soon, the hit man can't Read More

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Synopsis: Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time is a documentary about the life and times of Hefner, the publisher of the legendary men's magazine Playboy, and how he changed the sexual climate of America. Though it was made with the cooperation of Hefner and Playboy Enterprises, the documentary doesn't gloss over Read More

The Player

Actors: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher

Synopsis: Robert Altman takes a scalpel to Hollywood ethics in the 1990s (or the lack thereof) in his acidic satire The Player, adapted from Michael Tolkin's novel. (Tolkin also wrote the screenplay.) The film concerns a sleek and smooth Hollywood studio executive who starts receiving death threats from a Read More

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

Actors: Charlton Heston, Richard Thomas, James Coburn, Leon Russom, John M. Jackson

Synopsis: On July 19, 1989, a DC-10 en route from Denver to Philadelphia lost all its hydraulics and broke apart just outside of the Sioux City, Iowa airport, killing 110 of the 285 passengers and a single crew member, and risking the lives of everyone else on board. At that point, the rescue crew, which Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Day of the Dead

Synopsis: James Coburn guest stars as Cyrus Ramsey, chief archaeologist of the National Museum of Mexico. Ramsey is among those under suspicion when a hotel owner suspected of dealing in stolen art is murdered. It seems that the dead man was found wearing the Mask of Montezuma, which had recently been Read More

Hudson Hawk

Actors: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant, James Coburn

Synopsis: Michael Lehmann directed this post-modernist hash of To Catch a Thief and The Naked Gun starring Bruce Willis as Hudson Hawk, a cat burglar who wants to go straight, but the circumstances won't allow it. The story begins in a pre-credit sequence that takes place in the renaissance. Leonardo Da Read More

The Hollywood Collection: Steve McQueen - Man on the Edge

Synopsis: This documentary, narrated by James Mason, traces the life of legendary big screen actor Steve McQueen. The product of a broken home and reform school, McQueen made a brilliant career in film in the 1960's and 1970's playing characters not unlike his own. He played the wily and rebellious loner in Read More

Young Guns II

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William L. Petersen

Synopsis: Only three of the original five "young guns" -- Billy the Kid (Emilio Estevez), Jose Chavez y Chavez (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Doc Scurlock (Kiefer Sutherland) -- return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group Read More

Tag till himlen/El Tren al cielo

Actors: Carlos Lopez, James Coburn

Synopsis: In this children's story based on a novel written by director Torgny Anderberg, Nino (Carlos Lopez), a ten year old orphan in Ecuador, finds the strict regime at the Catholic boarding school and orphanage where he lives much to difficult to bear. He cannot forget that everyone tells him that his Read More

Walking After Midnight

Actors: Helen Shaver, Rae Dawn Chong, Catherine Oxenberg, Martin Sheen, James Coburn

Synopsis: Several music and film celebrities recall their former lives in this reincarnation-oriented feature with musical accompaniment. K.D. Lang considers herself the reincarnation of the late country singer Patsy Cline, Martin Sheen gives a rambling monologue about his near-death experience while Read More

Martin's Day

Actors: Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn, Justin Henry, Karen Black

Synopsis: This is a tepid film aimed at youngsters and focusing on the warped Martin Steckert (Richard Harris), an escaped convict, and little Martin (Justin Henry), the boy he takes hostage. Steckert uses a ruse to escape from prison when his parole is denied, and once safely on the outside, he kidnaps Read More

The Lion's Roar: - The Life and Times of Tibetan Master His Holiness the 16th Karmapa

Synopsis: This documentary is about the life, teachings, and death of the 16th Karmapa, His Holiness Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. Narrated by James Coburn, you will enter the world of this spiritual master, who heads the Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism, and explore all of the rituals and religious significance of Read More

Sins of the Father

Actors: Glynnis O'Connor, Ted Wass, James Coburn

Synopsis: James Coburn stars in this TV movie as the powerful head of a major law firm. Glynnis O'Connor is the firm's prize attorney--and also the lover of Coburn's son Ted Wass, a blue-collar worker long estranged from his father. Coburn stages a reconciliation with his son, but it's only so he can enjoy Read More

Death of a Soldier

Actors: James Coburn, Reb Brown, Bill Hunter, Maurie Fields, Belinda Davey

Synopsis: Based on a true story about the execution of a psychopathic American G.I. by the U.S. Army in 1942, this wartime drama opens in Melbourne, Australia. U.S. forces and the Australians are at loggerheads, and this antagonism reaches a flash point when Edward J. Leonski (Reb Brown) is spotted running Read More

Draw!

Actors: Kirk Douglas, James Coburn

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable TV movie, the death of a lawman at the hands of an old outlaw (James Coburn) causes an old gunslinging enemy (Kirk Douglas) to challenge him to a duel. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Bruce Lee: The Legend

Synopsis: This video is a tribute to the incomparable kung-fu master as it includes rare footage of his athletic capabilities and interviews with some of the people who knew him. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Malibu

Actors: George Hamilton, Ann Jillian, Richard Mulligan, Valerie Perrine

Synopsis: Malibu is a two-part, four-hour adaptation of William Murray's best-selling novel. William Atherton and Susan Dey play a green-as-grass married couple from Milwaukee who take a vacation in Malibu. Amidst the elite and their million-dollar beach houses, Atherton starts up an affair with divorcee Valerie Perrine Read More

Digital Dreams

Actors: Bill Wyman, Astrid Wyman, James Coburn, Stanley Unwin

Synopsis: Wavering between straight documentary and cinema verite, Digital Dreams outlines the life, loves, works, and aspirations of Bill Wyman (1936- ), bass guitarist for the Rolling Stones. Having left the Stones during their 1981 Steel Wheels tour, Wyman, who'd previously cut solo albums in 1974 Read More

Saturday Night Live: James Coburn

Actors: James Coburn, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham

Synopsis: This 1982 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by James Coburn and features musical guests Mick Fleetwood and Lindsay Buckingham. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Looker

Actors: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Tim Rossovich

Synopsis: This fun, silly thriller written and directed by Michael Crichton manages to combine the dramatic murders of beautiful models, a secret conspiracy to use TV commercials for mind-control, and an unusual seeing-eye device which makes the wearer invisible. Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts (Albert Read More

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls

Synopsis: This is the made-for-TV version of the romantic drama that chronicles the exploits of a group of glamorous women caught up in the entertainment industry. This version contains material author Jacqueline Susann omitted from her original novel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

High Risk

Actors: James Brolin, Cleavon Little, Bruce Davison, Chick Vennera, Anthony Quinn

Synopsis: Stewart Raffill directs the high-action comedy caper igh Risk about a four-man band of theives trying to pull off the perfect crime. Stone (James Brolin), Tony (Chick Venera), Dan (Bruce Davidson), and Rockney (Cleavon Little) hire two inept airplane pilots and plot a major heist. The plan is to Read More

The Baltimore Bullet

Actors: James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Bruce Boxleitner, Ronee Blakely, Jack O'Halloran

Synopsis: James Coburn is "The Baltimore Bullet", a legendary pool player who's seen better days. Coburn "adopts" aspiring pool champ Bruce Boxleitner, teaching him practically everything he knows. As we know it must, the plot requires Coburn and Boxleitner to face each other in the climactic Read More

Mr. Patman

Actors: James Coburn, Kate Nelligan, Fionnula Flanagan, Les Carlson, Candy Kane

Synopsis: Mr. Patman is well liked and has charm to spare. He works as an orderly in a mental hospital and does a good job except that he is beginning to believe that he is being shadowed by the irate husband of his landlady. When not bunking with her, Mr. Patman attempts to launch an affair with a Read More

Loving Couples

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon, Sally Kellerman, Stephen Collins

Synopsis: Susan Sarandon gives a sprightly performance in this sex farce involving couples swapping mates. Shirley MacLaine is Evelyn, a doctor, who is spending some quality time horseback riding when she is spotted by Greg (Stephen Collins), who is driving his sports car. Greg looks at her a bit too long Read More

Goldengirl

Actors: Susan Anton, James Coburn, Curd Jürgens, Leslie Caron, Robert Culp

Synopsis: The very healthy looking Susan Anton is appropriately cast in Goldengirl. The daughter of a former Olympic athlete, Goldengirl (that's her name!) has been groomed for athletic competition since childhood. Her hero worship of her dad (Curt Jurgens) comes to an abrupt end when she finds out that he Read More

The Muppet Movie

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More

Firepower

Actors: Sophia Loren, James Coburn, O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa

Synopsis: Set in the Caribbean, Firepower is one of those "celebrity salads," featuring a glittering all-star cast. Sophia Loren heads the ensemble as Adele, the widow of a murdered chemist. Believing that a multimillionaire industrialist is the culprit, Adele determines that she can expect no help from the Read More

The Dain Curse

Synopsis: Dashiell Hammett's money-grubbing detective Hamilton Nash is on the case in this mystery set in 1928. This time he is looking into the suspicious suicide of a prominent millionaire and trying to recover purloined diamonds that are reportedly cursed. This version of the tale was released as Read More

California Suite

Actors: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith

Synopsis: Playwright Neil Simon turned to the hotel setting he used so successfully in his stage-play (later a movie) Plaza Suite to explore four more human dramas in his play California Suite, which was adapted into this quite successful movie. In the first episode, the divorced couple of Bill and Hannah Read More

Convoy

Crew: Second Unit Director

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair

Synopsis: The CB (citizen's band) radio fad had nearly run its course when this feel-good action film was made by director Sam Peckinpah. In the story, based on C.W. McCall's song "Convoy", a group of struggling truckers (who stay in touch by CB) run into a situation which ignites their indignation. They Read More

Circle of Iron

Crew: Screen Story

Actors: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Roddy McDowall, Eli Wallach, Erica Creer

Synopsis: This symbol-laden drama explores the inner mythology of martial arts practice and is based on a Bruce Lee story idea. The original screenplay was written by Bruce Lee, with help from actor James Coburn and screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. Lee was to take on the four-in-one role of guide in his Read More

White Rock

Actors: James Coburn

Synopsis: This documentary, narrated by James Coburn, covers the 1976 Innsbruck Austria Winter Olympics. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rockford Files: Irving the Explainer

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Jim (James Garner) is hired by a woman identifying herself as Karen Hall (Barbara Babcock), who claims to be researching the career of Alva Korper, a German film director notorious for his Nazi sympathies during WW2, and for his mysterious death in a suspicious car crash. It soon develops that Read More

Cross of Iron

Actors: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Klaus Löwitsch

Synopsis: A quote from Bertolt Brecht ends this bitter and angry war film by Sam Peckinpah: "Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again." Peckinpah's intense and belligerently non-commercial work, (based on the Read More

Sky Riders

Actors: James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Werner Pochath

Synopsis: In Sky Riders, the off-camera tale behind the film cast a more interesting story than the film itself: when a Greek electrician died during an explosion, the film's producer, Terry Morse Jr., was arrested by the Greek government, and executive producer Sandy Howard was detained in Greece for Read More

Midway

Actors: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook

Synopsis: An expensive war epic, Midway emulates The Longest Day and Tora! Tora! Tora! in attempting to re-create a famous World War II battle from both the American and Japanese viewpoints. The 1942 battle of Midway was the turning point of the War in the Pacific; the Japanese invasion fleet was destroyed Read More

The Last Hard Men

Actors: Charlton Heston, James Coburn, Barbara Hershey, Jorge Rivero, Michael Parks

Synopsis: A former lawman must return to his guns when his daughter is threatened in this dark-themed western. Zach Provo (James Coburn) was a notorious outlaw who was finally put behind bars by sheriff Sam Burgade (Charlton Heston), who also killed Provo's wife in the midst of a gun battle. Provo is Read More

Hard Times

Actors: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin

Synopsis: Also known as The Streetfighter, Hard Times stars Charles Bronson as Chaney, an aging bare-knuckle boxer, trying to scratch out a living in the middle of the Depression. "Speed" (James Coburn) is the two-bit promoter who books Chaney in the tank towns of the South and Midwest. He is briefly Read More

Bite the Bullet

Actors: Sally Kirkland, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Dabney Coleman

Synopsis: An excellent cast, featuring Gene Hackman, Ben Johnson, and James Coburn, highlights this entertaining Western that came and went at the box office, barely noticed by audiences. That doesn't stop the exciting story from capturing the viewer's attention as a disparate group of riders assembles to Read More

Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Per Morire

Actors: James Coburn, Bud Spencer, Telly Savalas, Georges Géret

Synopsis: Having relinquished Fort Holman to the Confederacy without a shot being fired, Col. Pembroke (James Coburn) is in danger of a court-martial finding him guilty of treason. To escape certain death, he agrees to try to retake the lost fort using the services of seven men already condemned to death. Read More

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

Actors: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan

Synopsis: A former friend betrays a legendary outlaw in Sam Peckinpah's final Western. Holed up in Fort Sumner with his gang between cattle rustlings, Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) ignores the advice of comrade-turned-lawman Pat Garrett (James Coburn) to escape to Mexico, and he winds up in jail in Read More

The Internecine Project

Actors: Ralph Ball, Geoffrey Burridge, Ray Callaghan, Carrie Kirstein, Judy Robinson, Brian Tully

Synopsis: James Coburn stars as Robert Eliot, an opportunistic entrepreneur destined to become a key Presidential advisor -- if his murky past isn't brought to light first. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Harry in Your Pocket

Actors: James Coburn, Michael Sarrazin, Trish VanDevere, Walter Pidgeon, Michael Gwynne

Synopsis: In this engaging crime drama with an undercurrent of subtle humor, James Coburn stars as Harry, a "cannon" (a top-flight pickpocket), who works in association with Casey (Walter Pidgeon), an older career criminal with a fondness for cocaine. Ray (Michael Sarrazin) and Sandy (Trish Van Devere) are Read More

The Last of Sheila

Actors: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason

Synopsis: This suspense drama features an all-star cast, including Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch. An interesting production fact about the film: its screenplay was written by actor Anthony Perkins and lyricist/songwriter Stephen Sondheim. Their Read More

The Honkers

Actors: James Coburn, Lois Nettleton, Slim Pickens

Synopsis: The exciting world of rodeo provides the framework for this western saga that centers around a temperamental bronc rider who tries prove himself worthy of his wife, son, and his best friend's respect. He also wants to keep his freedom. Songs include: "Easy Made for Lovin," "My Special Day," "I'm a Read More

The Carey Treatment

Actors: Robie Porter, Melissa Torme-March, James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle, Skye Aubrey, Elizabeth Allen

Synopsis: Blake Edwards directed this murder mystery set against the backdrop of a busy metropolitan hospital. Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) is a pathologist who has signed on to work with Dr. J.D. Randall (Dan O'Herlihy) at a prominent hospital in Boston. When Randall's daughter Karen (Melissa Read More

Giù la Testa

Actors: Franco Collace, Renato Pontecchi, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli, Jean Michel Antoine, Maria Monti, Rik Battaglia

Synopsis: Originally titled Giù la Testa, Duck, You Sucker! is a Mexican-revolution yarn, filmed in Italy by spaghetti Western maven Sergio Leone. James Coburn is top-billed as John H. Mallory, an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives. Rod Steiger plays Juan Miranda, another mercenary who Read More

The Last of the Mobile Hotshots

Actors: James Coburn, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Hooks, Perry Hayes, Reggie King

Synopsis: In this depressing slice of Southern decadence, Myrtle (Lynn Redgrave) is a woman of questionable virtue who marries an ailing man on a television game show. Jeb (James Coburn) hopes to sire an heir so his greedy half-brother (Robert Hooks) won't inherit the family fortune. Myrtle jumps into the Read More

Hard Contract

Actors: James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith, Patrick Magee

Synopsis: John Cunningham (James Coburn) is a cold-blooded assassin sent by his superior Ramsey (Burgess Meredith) to murder three people in Europe. He takes off for Spain where he meets a foursome of jet-setting socialites. Sheila (Lee Remick) is a wealthy divorcee who falls for John. Alexi (Patrick Magee) Read More

Duffy

Actors: James Coburn, James Mason, James Fox, John Alderton, Susannah York

Synopsis: In this caper comedy, Duffy (James Coburn) is a shaggy bohemian living in Tangiers who is approached for a less-than-legal business proposition by two half-brothers, carefree Stephane Calvert (James Fox) and stuffy businessman Antony Calvert (John Alderton). Though Stephane and Antony had Read More

Candy

Actors: Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, John Huston

Synopsis: In this big-budget adaptation of Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green light in the late 1960's and at practically no other time before or since), Ewa Aulin is Candy, a sweet young woman who doesn't seem entirely aware of the powerful sexual Read More

In Like Flint

Actors: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee

Synopsis: Derek Flint (James Coburn) is back in this James Bond-styled spy spoof sequel to Our Man Flint. Flint's boss Cramden (Lee J. Cobb) assigns him to stop a group of felonious females on the Virgin Islands who hope to take over the world; the bad femmes are kidnapping astronauts and replacing them Read More

The President's Analyst

Actors: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington, Jr.

Synopsis: The President's Analyst is James Coburn, whose position makes him privy to any number of delicate government secrets. Thus Coburn becomes a most desirable prize for several secret-agent organizations, including the CEA and the FBR (we know who these folks are really supposed to be, even though the Read More

Waterhole #3

Actors: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Maggie Blye, Claude Akins, Timothy Carey

Synopsis: "A rootin', tootin', but sincere picture" was the advertising tag for the comedy western Waterhole No. 3. James Coburn plays the likeably amoral hero, who'll go to any lengths to get his mitts on a treasure map. Like his principal rival, renegade confederate cavalryman Claude Akins, Coburn knows Read More

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Actors: James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Robert Webber, Marian Moses

Synopsis: James Coburn stars in this comedy-melodrama as Eli Kotch, who uses his charm to obtain a parole from prison by having an affair with a female psychologist. Eli's plan upon getting out of jail is to rob a bank at the L.A. International Airport. The date of the bank robbery coincides with the Read More

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Actors: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Aldo Ray, Giovanna Ralli

Synopsis: In this service comedy set during World War II, Capt. Cash (Dick Shawn) and Lt. Christian (James Coburn) are given orders to invade a small but strategically important village in Sicily. To their surprise, none of the natives offer the slightest resistance to the Americans taking over their town Read More

A High Wind in Jamaica

Actors: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova, Gert Fröbe

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Richard Hughes, this drama takes an unusual look at both seafaring pirates and the true nature of children. The Thorntons, a British family living in Jamaica, decide to pull up stakes and sail back to England after Frederick Thornton (Nigel Davenport) and his wife (Isabel Dean) Read More

The Loved One

Actors: Robert Morse, Anjanette Comer, Jonathan Winters, Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Dana Andrews

Synopsis: The satire in Evelyn Waugh's darkly comic novel The Loved One was originally double-edged. The book was not only an attack on the Southern California funeral industry but also a lampoon of Hollywood's "British colony," those clannish, cricket-playing English actors of years gone by who bemoaned Read More

Our Man Flint

Actors: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Benson Fong

Synopsis: James Coburn stars as super-spy Derek Flint in this action comedy which takes the tongue-in-cheek wit of the James Bond series and shifts it into high gear. Flint is an ultra-sophisticated operative of international intelligence agency Z.O.W.I.E. He's a master of martial arts, electronic gadgetry Read More

The Americanization of Emily

Actors: James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell

Synopsis: The lively but somehow slightly distasteful The Americanization of Emily stars James Garner as a WWII naval officer who happens to be a craven coward. While his comrades sail off to their deaths, Garner makes himself scarce, generally hiding out in the London flat of his lothario navy buddy James Coburn Read More

Combat!: Masquerade

Synopsis: Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow) is obliged to help two fellow Americans, Cpl. Kanger (James Coburn) and Lt. Comstock (Dan Stafford), as they deliver a captured German officer to the authorities for questioning. What Saunders doesn't know (but the audience does!) is that both Kanger and Comstock are Read More

The Great Escape

Actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, James Coburn

Synopsis: The Great Escape is based on the true story of a group of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from an allegedly impenetrable Nazi prison camp during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the Nazis gather all their most devious and troublesome POWs and place them at a new prison Read More

The Man from Galveston

Actors: Jeffrey Hunter, Preston S. Foster, James Coburn, Joanna Moore, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: This western served as the pilot film for Warner Bros.' Temple Houston television series. It is the tale of a young, brash attorney (Jeffrey Hunter) in the Texas circuit court system. His old flame (Joanna Moore) is accused of murder. The case is resolved when Hunter reveals the real killer in Read More

Charade

Actors: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, Ned Glass, George Kennedy

Synopsis: Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this stylish comedy-thriller directed by Stanley Donen, very much in a Hitchcock vein. Grant plays Peter Joshua, who meets Reggie Lampert (Hepburn) in Paris and later offers to help her when she discovers that her husband has been murdered. After the funeral Read More

The Twilight Zone: The Old Man in the Cave

Actors: John Anderson, James Coburn, John Marley, Frank Watkins

Synopsis: Several years after a nuclear war, a handful of survivors are compelled to follow the instructions of the mysterious "old man in the cave." Enter a band of mercenaries headed by Major French (James Coburn), who laughs at the notion of a group of people living under the thumb of an unseen entity. Read More

Naked City: Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud

Wild Swans

Actors: Cathy Moriarty, Danielle Brisebois, James Coburn, JoBeth Williams

Perry Mason: The Case of the Angry Astronaut

Synopsis: Washed out of an upcoming Moon project, civilian astronaut Mitchell Heller (Robert Bray) has plenty of reason to despise the man responsible, Maj. Gen. Addison Brand (a pre-stardom James Coburn). Not only has Heller stolen his job and his girlfriend, but he also may have swiped an invention on Read More

Hell Is for Heroes

Actors: Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Nick Adams, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, Mike Kellin, James Coburn

Synopsis: Don Siegel's only war film and unfortunately his only teaming with Steve McQueen, an actor whose rebellious persona jibed well with the director's vision, it puts the star in the familiar role of antihero. His character, Reese, is an embittered G.I. who has just been sent back to join his Read More

Bonanza: The Long Night

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Coburn

Synopsis: Hoping to meet the deadline for a crucial business transaction, Adam Cartwright rushes to the town of Bowline, with a bank draft in hand. En route, he is ambushed by, and forced to change clothes with, an escaped convict named Poindexter (Bing Russell, who later joined Bonanza in the semiregular Read More

Bonanza: The Dark Gate

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Coburn

Synopsis: James Coburn guest-stars as Ross Marquett, an old friend of Adam Cartwright. But Ross' friendship abruptly and unexpectedly turns sour when he accuses Adam of fooling around with his wife (CeCe Whitney). The otherwise easygoing Marquett's behavior becomes increasingly erratic over the next few Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Envious Editor

Synopsis: Future film superstar James Coburn appears as slimy entrepreneur Donald Fletcher, who purchases a highly respected publishing house and converts its output to slezy tabloids and nudie magazines. Unable to legally prevent Fletcher from inflicting further damage, editor Edmond Aitken (Philip Read More

The Untouchables: The Jamaica Ginger Story

Synopsis: "Jamaica Ginger" is the street name for a dangerous grade of wood alcohol, capable of blinding or killing anyone who consumes it. Elliot Ness (Robert Stack) must prevent this lethal rotgut from being brought into the United States and distributed by bootlegger Rafael Torres (Michael Ansara). Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Gladiators

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) is summoned to New Orleans by the aristocratic Allison Windrom (Dolores Donlon). Ostensibly, Paladin is supposed to prevent a gunfight between Allison's father Everett (Paul Cavanaugh) and his old enemy Graham Beckley (George Neise). But it soon develops that Beckley has Read More

The Magnificent Seven

Actors: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn

Synopsis: Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai (1954) is westernized as The Magnificent Seven. Yul Brynner plays Chris, a mercenary hired to protect a Mexican farming village from its annual invasion by bandit Calvera (Eli Wallach). As Elmer Bernstein's unforgettable theme music (later Read More

Bronco: The Shadow of Jesse James

Ride Lonesome

Actors: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best, Lee Van Cleef

Synopsis: This is one of several solid B-grade Westerns produced at the height of the genre's popularity in the '50s by the partnership of director Budd Boetticher, star Randolph Scott, and writer Burt Kennedy. Scott stars as Ben Brigade, a taciturn bounty hunter who captures wanted murderer Billy John (James Best Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: One Came Back

Synopsis: Recently released from prison, an infamous Civil War guerilla named Ben Harvey (George Mathews) insists that he wants to change his ways and start life anew. To this end, he hires Paladin (Richard Boone) to escort himself and a wagonload of trade goods to the town of Gila, where Harvey's brothers Read More

Bonanza: The Truckee Strip

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carl Benton Reid

Synopsis: Both Ben Cartwright and Luther Bishop (Carl Benton Reid) lay claim to the strip of land separating their two spreads. Though there's no love lost between Cartwright and Bishop, Ben is willing to allow the law to determine ownership of the disputed strip. But ruthless land baron Jason Cauter (S. Read More

Elfego Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid

Synopsis: In the eighth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, gunslinger-turned-lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) has secured the legal rights of the Mustangers, a religious sect that has set up a homestead in the middle of cattle country. But though the Mustangers own their property fair and Read More

Elfego Baca: Move Along, Mustangers

Synopsis: In the seventh episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries, Elfego Baca, gunslinger-turned-lawyer Baca (Robert Loggia) comes to the defense of the Mustangers, a nomad-like religious sect. Determined to establish a permanent homestead on a land recently opened up by the government, the Mustanger Read More

Wanted: Dead or Alive: Reunion for a Revenge

Synopsis: Wanted: Dead or Alive was a western television series that first established Steve McQueen as a star. McQueen played Josh Randall, a bounty hunter who searched America for outlaws. In "Reunion for Revenge," Randall has to protect a man in his custody from two criminals seeking revenge. ~ Stephen Read More

Face of a Fugitive

Actors: Fred MacMurray, Lin McCarthy, Dorothy Green, Alan Baxter, Myrna Fahey

Synopsis: Even with the guiding hand of talented action director Paul Wendkos, and good performances by the cast, this routine western unconvincingly tries to develop complex relationships in a 24-hour period. Mark Riley (Fred MacMurray) is in the middle of robbing a bank when his younger brother guns his Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Synopsis: Based on a classic exercise in existentialism by Ambrose Bierce, this episode is set during the Civil War. Condemned to death for his anti-Union sabotage activities, Southern gentleman Peyton Farquhar (Ronald Howard) is sentenced to be hanged from Owl Creek Bridge. Just as he plunges off the Read More

Bronco [TV Series]

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jokester

Synopsis: Practical joker Bradley (Albert Salmi) chooses as his next victim Pop Henderson (Roscoe Ames), the nearsighted, hearing-impaired attendant at the local morgue. Sneaking onto a slab, Bradley pretends to be a corpse -- and when he "comes to life," the terrified Henderson nearly jumps out of his Read More

Studio One: The Night America Trembled

Actors: Edward R. Murrow, Alexander Scourby, Robert E. Blackburn III, Ed Asner, Frank Marth

Synopsis: The prestigious CBS dramatic anthology Studio One launched its tenth season on the air with this elaborate dramatization of the nationwide panic which ensued after Orson Welles' famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast of October 30, 1938. Welles had chosen to update the H.G. Wells science Read More

The Ten Commandments

Actors: James Coburn, Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis: Based on the Holy Scriptures, with additional dialogue by several other hands, The Ten Commandments was the last film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The story relates the life of Moses, from the time he was discovered in the bullrushes as an infant by the pharoah's daughter, to his long, hard Read More

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